Parks, Johnson To Adapt “Native Son”

Bow and Arrow Entertainment have acquired Richard Wright’s classic 1940 novel “Native Son” with plans for a feature film adaptation.

The story follows Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old African-American man growing up in poverty on the South Side of Chicago.

Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, will adapt the script while acclaimed artist and photographer Rashid Johnson will make his feature directorial debut on the project.